The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 01, 1952, Image 13
Thursday, May 1, 1952
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page FW«
Notes From The
County Agent's Office
By C. B. CANNON, County Agent
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Home Grown Feed For Dairy Herd
\ Robert A. Harris, Rt. 2, Gray
Court, produces his entire supply
of dairy feed from his farm. He
has approximately 400 acres of fer
tilized acres for grazing and 40
acres of Sericea for grazing and
hay production. With the dry year
last year, Mr. Harris carried his
herd through the year on home
grown feed. He ieeds silage, hay
and grazing from pasture asy his
roughage. The grain ration is a
mixture of cottonseed meal, small 1
grain and corn and cob meal mix
ture. The cottonseed produced on
the farm is exchanged for cotton
seed meal to mix with small grain
and corn produced on his farm.
Mr. Harris is now milking ap
proximately 135 head of cattle and
shipping daily to Greenville ap
proximately 250 gallons of milk.
He also has approximately 135 head
of dry cattle, heifers and young
calves.
He is now preparing land for
planting to corn, both for silage and
ear corn. He will irrigate approxi
mately 35 acres of bottomland com
to produce the farm’s requirement
of ear com. Also his tenants will
have about six acres of com on
shares, but not irrigated, that will
be grown for the ear.
For his silage corn, Mr. Harris
will plant approximately 53 acres
but does not plan to irrigate these
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acres. He has already purchased
a new forage harvester machine to
harvest his com for silage in the
field, thereby reducing the costly
and hard to obtain man labor. He
is a big believer in silage for his
cattle and feeds it whenever need-
ea to supplement his pastures or
hay supply. He has under con
struction now a trench silo that
will hold approximately 150 tons
of silage which will be in addition
Mr. Harris follows the calf vac-
to his other silos constructed some
years ago.
cination system in his herd for the
prevention of Brucellosis (Bangs)
disease.
He has joined the state pasture
contest and also the 100 state corn
contest. He has been in the com
contest for the past two years, pro
ducing 126.5 bushels of com on
an acre in 1950, and 108.3 bushels
on an acre in 1951.
T. Pluss and D. Eugene Brown,
Rt. 2, Laurens, and Rufus Lang
ston, Gray Court, Rt. 2, also have
joined the State Pasture Contest.
First state prize is $650. The sec
ond prize is $300. First district
prize is $200, second district prize
$100 and third district prize $50.
Application blanks may be secured
at the County Agent’s office by
those who wish to join.
Manley Says Grazing Pays
While in the Youngs community
observing pasture program on the
farm of Robert A. Harris last week,
the writer observed also good graz
ing on the farm of J. T. Manley.
Mr. Manley has 8 acres seeded last
fall to a mixture of Crimson clover,
oats, barley, rye grass and rye on
which he is grazing 25 milk cows,
three heifers and six calves.
The cattle began grazing on the
eight acres November 1 and have
been kept on the grazing approxi
mately 50 per cent of the time since
they were first turned on, and ro
tated to another eight acres. The
mixture was fertilized at seeding
time with 400 pounds of a 3-9-9
fertilizer and top dressed with 150
pounds of ammonium nitrate I
acre in late winter. Mr. Manley is;
shipping approximately 65 gallons
of milk daily to Greenville from
25 cows.
Red Top Weed Sign of Acid Soil
At this season of the year many
fields and pasture lands show the
presence of a red colored weed
known as shotfp^sfcrrel or red top.
Other weedy such as daisy, devil’s
paintbrush and broomsage indi
cates acid lands where they grow.
-When sufficient lime is added to
the soil, these weeds in most case*
will almost completely disappear.
We need not expect the best re
turns from fertilizer applied to
crops or pastures as long as the
land shows high acid test. Pasture
grasses and legumes produce con
siderable more growth on lands
properly limed. Bermuda grass
when fertilized and limed accord
ing to recommended practices con
tains i.9 per cent more protein
than alfalfa hay.
Unless and until farmers begin
to lime and fertilize bermuda grass,
summer pastures to afford grazing
until killing frost, we will never
be successful with our winter graz
ing program, simply because farm
ers will turn cattle on the supposed
winter grazing before winter comes
due to the summer grass grazed out
before frost comes. This sort of
oyer-grazing will prevent the win
ter grazing from ever getting a
start.
Bermuda pasture should receive
now, if fertilizer has not been ap
plied this spring, from 400 to 500
pounds of a 3-12-12 fertilizer per
acre broadcast and top dressed
with ' nitrogen to the extent that
will cause sufficient amount of
grazing. Let this past minter short
grazing supply be a reminder early
this spring the importance of fer
tilizing summer pasture lands. Pas
ture grasses need lime and cattle
grazing can show you where lime
is applied by the way thpy graze
on the treated area.
Tax Refund On Tractor Gak
Farmers are reminded that gas
used in farm tractors are rebated
to those farmers who file proper
blanks with the South Carolina
Tax Commision in Columbia. A
large number of farmers are pow
using farm tractors, replacing
mules and the gas refund tax on
gasoline is worth considering.
Plan For Fanners Week
The annual Farmers week will be
held at Clemson college during the
week of August 11-16, and it’s not
too early to begin making plans to
attend this educational and recre
ational week.
Don Anderson Heads
College Religious Group
Don Anderson of Rome, Ga„ is
the new president of the Presby
terian College student Christian as
sociation.
He w r as named to the leadership
of the religious organization in a
recent campus election succeeding
Joe Dodd, also of Rome. Anderson
is a rising senior and currently
serves as editor of The Blue Stock
ing, student weekly newspaper.
Tommy Sheriff of Orangeburg
w’as elected SC A vice-president;
Jimmy Stevenson of Abbeville, sec
retary; and Ray Smith of McClel-
lanville, treasurer.
The Student Christian Associa
tion is affiliated with the world
wide YMCA movement and is in
charge of all religious activities
sponsored on the campus. Some of
these include: Religious Emphasis
Week, the freshman reception, the
Christmas Party and Publication of
a student handbook.
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